THE 87TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
Nominees were announced on January 15th. Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Annual Academy Awards, and will air live on Sunday, February 22, 2015 on ABC.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan
Birdman (2014): Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood (2014/I): Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Imitation Game (2014): Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven M. Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Selma (2014): Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
The Theory of Everything (2014): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (2014): Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher (2014)
Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game (2014)
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper (2014)
Michael Keaton for Birdman (2014)
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything (2014)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night (2014)
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything (2014)
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl (2014)
Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014)
Reese Witherspoon for Wild (2014)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Robert Duvall for The Judge (2014)
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood (2014/I)
Edward Norton for Birdman (2014)
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher (2014)
J.K. Simmons for Whiplash (2014)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014/I)
Laura Dern for Wild (2014)
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game (2014)
Emma Stone for Birdman (2014)
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods (2014)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Richard Linklater for Boyhood (2014/I)
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman (2014)
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher (2014)
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game (2014)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Boyhood (2014/I): Richard Linklater
Birdman (2014): Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Foxcatcher (2014): E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler (2014): Dan Gilroy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): Jason Hall
Inherent Vice (2014): Paul Thomas Anderson
The Imitation Game (2014): Graham Moore
The Theory of Everything (2014): Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (2014): Damien Chazelle

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Tangerines (2013): Zaza Urushadze
Ida (2013): Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan (2014): Andrey Zvyagintsev
Wild Tales (2014): Damián Szifrón
Timbuktu (2014): Abderrahmane Sissako

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Birdman (2014): Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Robert D. Yeoman
Ida (2013): Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner (2014): Dick Pope
Unbroken (2014/I): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
Boyhood (2014/I): Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game (2014): William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Barney Pilling
Whiplash (2014): Tom Cross
American Sniper (2014): Joel Cox, Gary Roach

Best Achievement in Production Design
Nominees:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game (2014): Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar (2014): Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods (2014): Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner (2014): Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice (2014): Mark Bridges
Into the Woods (2014): Colleen Atwood
Maleficent (2014): Anna B. Sheppard
Mr. Turner (2014): Jacqueline Durran

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominees:
Foxcatcher (2014): Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
The Imitation Game (2014): Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar (2014): Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything (2014): Jóhann Jóhannsson
Mr. Turner (2014): Gary Yershon

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
The Lego Movie (2014): Shawn Patterson(Everything is Awesome)
Selma (2014): Common, John Legend(Glory)
Beyond the Lights (2014): Diane Warren(Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014): Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond(I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again (2013/II): Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois(Lost Stars)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman (2014): Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar (2014): Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken (2014/I): Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee
Whiplash (2014): Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman (2014): Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar (2014): Richard King
Unbroken (2014/I): Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014): Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
Interstellar (2014): Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

Best Documentary, Feature
Nominees:
Citizenfour (2014): Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Finding Vivian Maier (2013): John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam (2014): Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth (2014): Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga (2014): Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Nominees:
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013): Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry
Joanna (2013/I): Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse (2013): Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper (2013): Gabriel Serra
White Earth (2014): Christian Jensen

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
The Bigger Picture (2014): Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper (2014): Robert Kondo, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi
Feast (2014/I): Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton (2014): Torill Kove
A Single Life (2014): Joris Oprins

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
Aya (2012/I): Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham (2014): Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (2013): Wei Hu, Julien Féret
Parvaneh (2012): Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call (2013): Mat Kirkby, James Lucas